Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Friday, Sky Premiere HD, 11.40am & 8pm ★★★
THE FIRST TWO instalments of the post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure trilogy based on James Dashner’s best-selling books left us breathless and baffled. So it is a good job Dylan O’brien, Thomas Brodie-sangster and Rosa Salazar’s rebel youngsters have still got some wind left as they approach the series’ finishing line. And, we hope, the resolution of its labyrinthine mysteries.
Admittedly, the film doesn’t barrel along quite as rapidly as the first two movies. It runs a stamina-testing 142 minutes, for a start. And on the occasions when the action stalls we have a bit too much time to ponder the holes in the plot.
Still, returning director Wes Ball gives the action a commendable amount of dash and panache, from the intrepid train hijacking that opens the movie to the furious concluding assault on WCKD’S final bastion, the Last City – even if does provide a few too many nick-in-time rescues for comfort. 2018, 12, 142min